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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting July 3, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. Walmart
has a complaint with the World Trade
Organization that building ordinances, height
restrictions, and square footage restrictions
are an illegal restraint of trade and should be
removed; the Bill of Rights was developed to
protect citizens from governing authority; the
Olympic Stewardship Foundation was formed
because many landowners haven’t been
represented in County decisions that affect the
use of their land, their short term goal is 2,500
members and they want landuse policy to be
effective, reasonable, fairly applied, and
developed in direct response to the need of
the local circumstances; the Board has dis-
cussed enacting a clean water assessment on
all parcels of property in the County that would
be used specifically to clean up the shoreline;
a Planning Commission member may be
affiliated with a foundation that donates money
to the Washington Environmental Council
(WEC) and the WEC is suing the County; the
Commissioner’s Chambers should have a
webcam so citizens can watch the meetings
online; and recent terrorist attacks show the
need for the type of training that Security
Services Northwest provided.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved:
RESOLUTION: Supporting the Oil Pollution
Prevention and Response Act of 2007
2 AGREEMENTS: 1) Project management for
Radio Infrastructure Rebuild Project for
JeffCOM with Sparling, Inc., and 2)
Professional services for the Grand Opening
Ceremony for the Clocktower and Courthouse
Site Master Plan Projects with Anne Sears &
Associates
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS/WARRANTS:
Dated June 25, 2007 Totaling $255,460.48
and June 27, 2007 Totaling $3,050.55
BOCC BRIEFING: The County Administrator
discussed the following items:
•Environmental Health plans to submit a
grant application to the DOE today that
would fund a portion of the expenses
for the Beckett Point sewage system
project.
•Both Anderson Lake and Lake Leland
are closed due to blue-green algae.
Public Health is recommending that
people not swim in the lakes or drink the
water, that fish be cleaned throughly and
that pets stay away from the water.
•The Tri Area Teen Resource Center at
Chimacum High School has approxi-
mately 160 active participants. On June
11, the Board took action to approve
$5,000 in funding for the center if there
were more than fifty participants. The
funding request was for $10,000 and the
Board asked that the high school be
contacted to see if they could match the
County’s $5,000. The school has
indicated that they don’t have the funds
for the match.
•The NACo Drug Program provides
discounts on prescription drugs for
County residents who don’t have
insurance for drugs. The program
should be available soon.
•Per statute, the State Department of
Revenue doesn’t have to pay interest on
the money that they owed the County for
the Public Infrastructure Fund.
LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR OLYMPIC
DISCOVERY TRAIL: The Board signed a letter
to Congressman Dicks regarding the work
currently being done on the Olympic Discovery
Trail in Jefferson County and asking for funding
opportunities that his office may be able to
provide to help the project move ahead.
ORDINANCE REGARDING UGA: The Board
signed the ordinance on proposed revisions to
the Comprehensive Plan and UDC
amendments regarding the Irondale/Port
Hadlock UGA. The Planning Commission and
DCD staff recommended approval. The
deadline for the legislative adoption of the
changes is July 3.
AGREEMENT: The Board approved an
agreement with Fred Hill Materials
acknowledging that FHM will pay for preparation
of the draft and final Environmental Impact
Statement and a staff report by the consultant
on the Pit to Pier Project.